What do you want to learn in first grade?

I had the chance to work with Alicia Berry's kindergarten class as they shared their goals for next year.  We used paper slides- they drew their pictures and then recorded a few students at a time.  In less than an hour, we were done.  Please enjoy their video and I'm sure they would love some feedback.

Rock, Paper, Slides

Paper Slides is one of my favorite techniques for allowing students to show what they know. In fact, it’s a tool that is part of the DEN Ambassador Event 1.  Karen Swierczek recently used it with her third graders.  Here are two samples as they explain rocks and minerals.

Don’t know how to create paper slides?  Check out the Discovery Education S.O.S. (in district, click here; not a Discovery Education subscriber; click here.).

Paper Slides explain it all!

So how do you know if your students really “got it”?  How about letting them play the teacher as they show you what they know using paper slides? Mrs. Langella and her students created paper slides to take the mystery out of three digit (times 1 digit) multiplication.  Please enjoy their video- and listen for the confidence in their voices- they got this! Special thanks for their interest and enthusiasm.

Paper slides from the colonies

Tracey Paul invited me to her class to assist with paper slide filming.  Her class worked in groups and produced paper slides on the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies.  Here are two samples.

Paper Slides from Rome

Well, not really from Rome- more of a timeline from the Roman Empire.  Steve Gluchowski  (from the high school) shared some of his students’ recent work- I’ve selected two to show here.  Paper slides is an easy (requires paper and crayons and then one camera) way to showcase your students’ learning.

Chew on this ( Paper Slide Video)

Rose Griggs and Vicki Kilpatrick's 6th-grade ELA class is reading Chew on This- to show their understanding, they created paper slides on specific chapters.  What a great way to check for understanding and allowing students creativity.

Paper Slides

As part of our DEN Ambassador program last month, we worked on paper slides. It is a low tech method to create a video- all you need is paper, drawing tools and one device (for filming).

Geoff Mihalenko had his students create their own paper slides. Please share a comment for his talented students!

Fresh Paper Slides

As part of the kickoff to the fall DEN Ambassador program, the group made paper slides this morning.  They felt (and I agree) this project could be adapted to any grade and content area. For some reason, the
above video keeps coming up in restricted mode- yet you can play it on a non district device.  It is strange how the YouTube filtering works!  Thanks for your patience.

Paper Sldes Exploring

To explore or not to explore- that’s the question Lisa Payne’s fourth grade students answered with their paper slides.  Lisa participated in last fall's DEN Ambassador Program.  In the first session, we created paper slides.  All you need is paper, markers, and a camera.  After she shared the videos ( via Google Drive), I uploaded them to YouTube.  You can use the paper slide process for any content or grade.  Please feel free to leave them a comment!  

Decline of the feudal system

Watch this paper slide video created by Sharon Ferreri’s World History students.  Sharon is one of Spring 2015 DEN Ambassadors. What students can do with paper, markers, and a camera! Not familiar with the paper slide technique?  Watch this video by Dr. Lodge Mc Cammon- he taught me had to create paper slides several years ago at a DEN PETE&C conference.  I have had the chance to hear him several times at DEN events- he is inspiring! Click here for more information on his one take projects. .

Paper Slides in Math

  Who knew robots could talk!  Kelly Purcell’s 8th grade students created these projects.  Kelly shared her thoughts: “The students brought in all the materials to build robots out of prisms, cylinders, and spheres. They had to use at least 6 shapes, and then calculate the volume, area, and perimeter of their robot. It was a great way for the students to show what they had learned about geometry. “